"And the behavior of the cat was somewhat peculiar. It was soon noticed that when there was work to be done the cat could never be found. She would vanish for hours on end, and then reappear at meal-times, or in the evening after work was over, as though nothing had happened." Biography: -The cat is one of the laziest animals on the farm. -She runs away when the other animals are working, so that she has nothing to do with it. -Even though she does absolutely no work at all, she hurries back to the rest of the animals when it is meal-time. -She takes the easy way out. -The cat is also a bit of a trickster - due to the time when she tries to get the birds to perch on her paw. -"The cat joined the Re-education Committee and was very active in it for some days. She was seen one day sitting on a roof and talking to some sparrows who were just out of her reach. She was telling them that all animals were now comrades and that any sparrow who chose could come and perch on her paw; but the sparrows kept their distance." -Although the cat was lazy, and did not like to work, she still helped chase the humans off the farm during the Battle of the Cowshed. -"Even the cat suddenly leapt off a roof onto a cowman's shoulders and sank her claws in his neck, at which he yelled horribly."
Parallel:Frank William Abagnale Jr.
"One of his most famous tricks was to print his own account number on fake bank deposit slips so that when clients of the bank deposited money, it would actually go in to his account." Biography: -Frank was born in April of 1948, and is one of the world's top ten famous Con Men. -"His first experience of fraud was as a youth when he used his father’s Mobil card to buy car parts that he would then sell back to the gas station for a lower price." -When he was eventually confronted of this fraudulence, his mother was so upset that she sent him to a juvenile correctional center for the next four months of his life. -During the 1960's, Frank passed more than $2.5 million worth of money in bad cheques in 26 different countries. -When Abagnale pulled his most famous trick of putting his own account number on fake bank deposit slips, the banks did not realize until he had run away with more than $40,000 in stolen money. -For two years after this event, Frank traveled the world as a free man by impersonating different types of people. -He would pretend to be a Pan Am airline pilot in order to fly to places on very short notice for free. -He impersonated a doctor, and worked as a medical supervisor for 11 months without being caught. -He also impersonated a teacher and a lawyer.
Similarities: The Cat VS. Frank Abagnale They are both tricksters: -Frank tricks the banks. -The Cat tries to trick the birds.
They both attempt to take the easy way: -The Cat runs away during the work day, and still gets the meal at dinner time. -Frank gets money from the banks without working for it.
"And the behavior of the cat was somewhat peculiar. It was soon noticed that when there was work to be done the cat could never be found. She would vanish for hours on end, and then reappear at meal-times, or in the evening after work was over, as though nothing had happened."
Biography:
-The cat is one of the laziest animals on the farm.
-She runs away when the other animals are working, so that she has nothing to do with it.
-Even though she does absolutely no work at all, she hurries back to the rest of the animals when it is meal-time.
-She takes the easy way out.
-The cat is also a bit of a trickster - due to the time when she tries to get the birds to perch on her paw.
-"The cat joined the Re-education Committee and was very active in it for some days. She was seen one day sitting on a roof and talking to some sparrows who were just out of her reach. She was telling them that all animals were now comrades and that any sparrow who chose could come and perch on her paw; but the sparrows kept their distance."
-Although the cat was lazy, and did not like to work, she still helped chase the humans off the farm during the Battle of the Cowshed.
-"Even the cat suddenly leapt off a roof onto a cowman's shoulders and sank her claws in his neck, at which he yelled horribly."
Parallel: Frank William Abagnale Jr.
"One of his most famous tricks was to print his own account number on fake bank deposit slips so that when clients of the bank deposited money, it would actually go in to his account."
Biography:
-Frank was born in April of 1948, and is one of the world's top ten famous Con Men.
-"His first experience of fraud was as a youth when he used his father’s Mobil card to buy car parts that he would then sell back to the gas station for a lower price."
-When he was eventually confronted of this fraudulence, his mother was so upset that she sent him to a juvenile correctional center for the next four months of his life.
-During the 1960's, Frank passed more than $2.5 million worth of money in bad cheques in 26 different countries.
-When Abagnale pulled his most famous trick of putting his own account number on fake bank deposit slips, the banks did not realize until he had run away with more than $40,000 in stolen money.
-For two years after this event, Frank traveled the world as a free man by impersonating different types of people.
-He would pretend to be a Pan Am airline pilot in order to fly to places on very short notice for free.
-He impersonated a doctor, and worked as a medical supervisor for 11 months without being caught.
-He also impersonated a teacher and a lawyer.
Similarities: The Cat VS. Frank Abagnale
They are both tricksters:
-Frank tricks the banks.
-The Cat tries to trick the birds.
They both attempt to take the easy way:
-The Cat runs away during the work day, and still gets the meal at dinner time.
-Frank gets money from the banks without working for it.
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